Supporting someone with personal care, to helping them make informed choices. Join us and help us change lives.

As an Hft Support Worker, you’ll be supporting adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible.

Hft is a national charity that’s been supporting people with learning disabilities since 1962. We put the people we support at the centre of everything we do and use our experience to work in partnership with them to provide personalised services to more than 2500 people.

Waking Night Supported Living Workers are required to remain awake throughout the night to support individuals as required. You could be supporting someone with personal care, helping someone with their medication or just chatting and keeping them company if they are unable to sleep.

Sometimes it’s challenging, but it’s always rewarding. You’ll go to work knowing that you’re making a positive difference to someone’s life. You’ll be working in a team of skilled, dedicated colleagues committed to doing the same and they will support you along the way.

About the role
As an Hft Support Worker you’ll be supporting adults with learning disabilities within your community. In these roles, everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, creating flexible services that meet people’s needs and always looking for the best way of doing things.

About you
You don’t need experience of support work or any special qualifications for this job; what matters most is your positive attitude to life and your desire to support people to live their own life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible.

What Hft can offer you
It’s helpful if you already have experience of dementia, autism and learning disabilities – but this is by no means essential as Hft will give you a comprehensive induction, full training and support. With Investors in People and Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in our teams to ensure that they have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people with the most complex needs to live the best life possible.

We provide 24/7 support to people, so this role will require you to work shifts and hours that include some weekends, nights and Bank Holidays.

Join Hft and help us to change lives.

– To find out more about this role please call Vanessa on 01453 820940
– If you’d like to find out whether this opportunity is for you e-mail your CV to Vanessa and we’ll be in contact for an informal chat
-Or to apply click on the button below to complete our application form

Interview timings are flexible to fit in with your commitments

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks after the closing date your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Hft’s usual terms and conditions apply.
Hft is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. As a Disability Confident Employer, Hft is helping to ensure that disabled people have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations that people without disabilities do.
Successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure check against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Having a criminal record may not bar you from employment.

You will enable the people we support to lead fulfilling lives based upon their personal support needs. You need to work to the standards set internally (by Hft) and externally (for example, by the Care Quality Commission), doing all you can to make sure hat the people we support and your colleagues come to no harm and that the people we support are satisfied with the level of support they receive. You will achieve this by communicating with individuals and by following the underpinning principles of Person Centred Active Support (PCAS):

Making sure that you support people to be as involved as possible in every moment of their lives.

Offering people opportunities to be involved as often as possible, in the way that best suits them, e.g. as little or as much as they like.

Offering ‘just enough’ support to ensure people succeed.

Ensuring that people you support make as many choices as possible, so they remain in control.

As we provide 24/7 support you need to be able to work shifts, including weekends, some nights and Bank Holidays. You will also be required to accompany people we support on holidays and attend training courses and other activities.

Main Duties:

Support people with learning disabilities to the highest standard and in line with their support plan, cultural needs and wishes.

Support people to manage their own home, including supporting individuals with maintaining their tenancies and give support and guidance when individuals move home.

Support people with personal care if required, which may include toileting and bathing, in line with their support plan.

Support and encourage people to make choices and life decisions in line with the Mental Capacity Act requirements.

Assist and encourage people to engage in everyday home, social, leisure and work activities, according to the individual’s choice.

Support people with their health needs as required, e.g. taking medication and attending doctor’s appointments.

Keep accurate and up to date records.

Support people with their finances, where necessary, and in line with Hft guidelines

Promote health, safety and well-being of the people we support.

Work positively with colleagues, families and external organisations and professionals.

Look for opportunities to use Personalised Technology to increase people’s independence.

Maintain confidentiality at all times.

Improve the support provided by discussing any new ideas.

Participate in learning and development opportunities as required.

Undertake any other duties as appropriate.

Supported Living Worker

These are the qualities and behaviours that Hft support staff must have.

The first four areas are standard across Hft, the final, person-centred, area is to suit the particular service, and the people it supports, for this particular vacancy.